Trivia and Amazing Facts 03-11-08

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• The robbery phrase "Hands Up" originated in British Columbia. Bill Miner, an American known as the Gentleman Bandit, is said to have first used the phrase while robbing a Canadian Pacific Railways train in Mission Junction, British Columbia in 1904.

• Something freckled can be said to be "lentiginous."

• Sunbeams that shine down through clouds are called crepuscular rays.

• There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.

• Upper and lower case letters are named "upper" and "lower" because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the upper case letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the lower case letters.

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